Tala

In Combat:

She watched NIGHT's movements against the remaining boar. She was expecting to see the boar's attack hit, but NIGHT was still faster and still managed to get her own attack off against the boar. Nice. That was awesome to see really. Her focus went back to the boar as it finally stopped not far from her. Tala didn't have the energy to use her sword art again, so instead, just used her basic attack. Rushing the boar, she swung, and her curved sword went right through it's torso, causing it to burst into fragments. Well, that seemed to be easier than she thought it was going to be.

She looked at what she got though, she had plenty of materials for the quest, and she even managed to get an unidentified armor and trinket. Those were going to be handy weren't they. Sheathing her sword, she walked over to NIGHT, a giant smile on her face. "I got all of the materials already!" She chuckled lightly at the thought that just two boars gave her what she needed for this quest. That was quite the thing wasn't it?

"Oh? I haven't had proper training either, I'm the same really. If a song is catchy, I tend to start singing along." It was funny how the two of them seemed to have a bit in common. It was nice really. A normal conversation, with something that she could relate to. Okay, ninety-nine percent of the time it was Tala creating the conversations, but still. "I've never got into the stringed instruments. But I would say that being able to tune one is still better than not knowing what to do with one at all." She smiled as she looked toward town then, "Shall we start heading back?"

@NIGHT

She realized that he wasn't following her and almost thought that he might have changed his mind, until she heard him jogging to catch up. What was that about? She glanced at him, and yes, she noticed the deep red coloration to him. What in the... She was confused, she didn't know what happened, but still, it was oddly...she didn't even know what word to put there. Instead, she just kept walking, the town coming upon them quickly. "Eh? Um, er... Well, uh... You see, I... Ah..." She turned her head to look at him this time, was he..flustered? He seemed to be having an awfully hard time forming his sentence.

She looked away with a small smile on her face as she tried not to laugh. Now this was just getting to be plain adorable in some strange way. Once they walked into the town, she heard him finally formulate the sentence he seemed to be going after. "Well then, let me be the first to repay that favor. I am not your level, but I am sure that I can still help you kills things. Can't be too hard." She spied a bench that was coming close to them and she stepped up on it within a flash and leaned over, kissing his cheek lightly.

"Thank you for the company and making sure I don't die out there." She smiled brightly as she stepped off the bench and looked at him, waiting for him to start following once more.

@Yukiro

She watched as he seemed to grab another material as well. It seemed like they were both done with that first part. She nodded lightly when he mentioned being done. Soon enough though, he just stopped looking bewildered that she was offering him her hand, and she 'helped' him up. The moment he was standing she smiled and looked toward the town. It didn't look to far away, but then, anything could be far or close, it really all just depended on the speed that one would walk. She started to move forward when she realized that she was still holding his hand and she quickly let go.

"Oops, sorry about that. I thought I had let go after you were standing." She dropped her hand to her side and she smiled before she turned back to the town and started to walk. With him not being able to see her face yet, her smile faltered a bit as she thought on what she might have done. Or was it just the mention of Masato's name? Either way, something made the guy change, and she didn't understand what it was or why it happened. But within moments, the smile was back where it always was as she tossed the thoughts to the side. She would just have to talk to Masato about it.

She soon turned slightly to be able to look at Yukiro, "So, this is what you do all of the time? Help others? Has someone ever returned the favor and helped you in return?" Hopefully, he wasn't noticing that she was talking less. Okay, that might be simple to see, but hopefully he wasn't reading into it.

@Yukiro

"No, he's a good guy. Often a pain. Generally inconsiderate. But a good guy." She nodded lightly for a moment, "Yeah, he has that about him. But he really is harmless." Her words trailed off for a moment. Yeah probably not a good idea to mention what Masato had a habit of doing when she hung out with a guy. The third degree was always real there. Her normal all bark no bite brother had a tendency to have a bit more bite during that time. Just the thought nearly made her shudder. But then, she always repaid the favor.

She had started to rise to her feet when she noticed one last thing that she could take with her. "No, I'll come with you. If you want me to, of course. I don't want to intrude." She smiled and looked back at Yukiro, "Of course I do silly! Wouldn't be nice of me to drag you all the way out here and then make you stay behind. Not at all. But I think I just finished my one part of the equation at least." She held up her item and smiled again.

But, there was still something that was bugging her. He didn't seem to have an issue looking at her before, but now... Well now he didn't want to look at her. She thought about bringing it up, but thought better on it. She wasn't going to pry, if he wanted to say something, she would let him. But, either way, she was on her feet and extending her hand down to him to help him up. Still with that happy smile on her face.

@Yukiro

She noticed him glance away when she looked at him so she backed up a little bit. She didn't want to make him uncomfortable, which is something that she thinks that she has already done. So, making sure that there was plenty of room now between herself and Yukiro, she glanced around and found a material finally. She smiled as she placed it in her inventory. She glanced back at Yukiro before she counted how many she had. She just needed one more piece of material, which was a good thing.

"I can't think of anything he might have done... At the moment... But I did teach him the katana skill. And help him punch a rock." She did note the amount of bitterness with the part about punching a rock. She didn't blame him, she would be bitter to. Why in the heck was Masato even wanting to do a quest like that anyways? She shook her head and sighed. "I'm sorry if he's done anything wrong." She crossed her legs to sit up straighter as she looked around them.

"So, I just need one more material. I don't know if you want to head back to town, or if perhaps you want to stay here? I mean, I can always walk back by myself, I'm certain nothing will attack me." A soft smile as she gave him the option to just sit here and relax while she went back to town, hunting that last material along the way.

@Yukiro

"You didn't say anything wrong." She let out a small breath of air when he said that and she relaxed in her spot on the ground. That was good. But then, what seemed to make his demeanor change like that? She looked Yumi as he made himself comfortable on Yuki's head, and that made her giggle a little. It was adorable. "Yeah, I know Koga. We met out here, in the field. He was fighting boars." That caught her attention and she looked at him. He wasn't looking at her or even touching Yumi. Okay, something else happened, she was sure of it. So, taking one more glance for any materials, she saw nothing.

Moments later, she moved so that she was sitting in front of him and she just stared at him. "What did he do to you? Do I need to beat him up, because I will." She smiled lightly as she said this, "Besides, he's harmless, for the most part, there is no need to be...I don't want to say scared because you obviously aren't scared or you would have run off the moment I said his name. What is it word I'm think of...." She trailed off for a moment, her fingers lightly tapping her chin as she thought, "Cautious! That's the word!" Shaking her head she smiled once more, "Nope, no need to be cautious. He is harmless once he likes you, before hand, well, that's different, but most of my family is like that. I'm the odd ball."

She laughed as she threw shade on herself then as she looked at Yukiro, waiting to see what his reaction was going to be.

@Yukiro

He was really, really, really, quiet. This was kind of unnerving in the moment. She looked at him, only to feel Yumi trying to climb off of her, so she instead helped the Sugar Glider down and placed him next to Yukiro. Something was bugging Yuki in the moment, and she didn't know what. Did she say something wrong? Oh she hoped that she didn't. She felt like she had been making a friend, it would be a horrible thing right now to ruin that. She didn't want to dwell on the fact that she might have said something horrible. So instead, she looked for anything that might be worthy of being a material. But nothing yet, oh well.

"I'm sure you're a great singer, really. My sister generally sings... pop, I think?" She looked back Yukiro to see him sitting up now. "Pop is good." The fact that she might have said something wrong still dwelled in her mind before she finally snapped on the thought. "I didn't say something wrong did I? You seem...I don't know how to explain it. But if I did, I apologize, I truly do..." She sat down then and looked around them for a moment, she would be able to still see any kind of material if it was the materialize by her. But right now, her eyes went back to Yukiro as she waited to see if she had said something wrong.

@Yukiro

In Combat:

So her items would work as buffs, that wouldn't be horrible really. "Oh, well still, buffs are a good thing. So that isn't horrible at least. In fact, it would probably be more helpful if you really think about it." Which she did, for like three seconds, "Yeah! I like the sounds of that, makes me happy that I decided to go this route instead of anything else after all." She smiled a happy, beaming smile as she walked beside NIGHT still. But, at least the other woman wasn't upset about coming out here with her after all, that was a golden thing to make her feel better, and not like she was was burdening anyone.

"Hunting creatures? That doesn't sound horrible. I want to perfect my skills after all, so fighting some creatures would be a better thing to help with that goal." She looked at NIGHT and nodded finally, as if she was fully saying that she was ready to fight some monsters. Possibly more to help both women feel like this was going to go well, and not horribly at least. But soon, NIGHT was telling her to hold on, and she did just that, but her hand instinctively went to the hilt of her sword. She watched as NIGHT went to the two boars and swung, only to miss. That happened, a lot, Tala has seen it. Not in NIGHT but in plenty of other people, these creatures seemed to have an amazing dodge rate at times.

The boars soon went into a frenzy and Tala got ready to unsheathe her weapon, when instead she had to dodge one of the boars. Apparently, it didn't want her to just stand there and do nothing. So, Tala retaliated channeling Rage Blow, her blade glowing a teal color, before she swung and her sword hit the boar's chest, hard, draining it of all of it's health. This caused the boar to turn to fragments and she looked back at NIGHT to see the second boar going for the other woman. "Liking music is still good!" She didn't want to talk to much at the moment, just to be sure that things weren't going to go sour in this fight. One boar was down, but there was still one up.

@NIGHT

"That hurt..." Oops, maybe she should have waited a moment before tackling him. "Oh! I'm sorry Masato! I didn't mean to hurt you." She looked around for a moment, "Or mess up your shop. I just missed you so much and I can't believe that I found you!" No, she didn't move, she just hugged him once more before she then finally moved and sat next to him on the floor. She found him, she actually couldn't believe that in this giant game, she was able to find her brother. Now she just had to work on finding her friends.

"Akiara? What in the hell are you doing here? I didn't know you were in SAO!" Ah, there was the question that was about to start the whole speech. "Well, you know that I was working at that game store when SAO was announced. Me and a few friends bought the game when it launched and well, here we are. Only, I don't know where they are.. I lost them when the game master made his dumb announcement and actually locked us in this darned death game."

She looked to the other side of the shop before back to her brother. "But how are you Masato?! I figured that you would be in the game with how much you love them and all. I was just hoping, you know, I would find you alive. And I did! Now, you can't go and leave my site because I don't want to be alone again, got it!" She leaned over and hugged her brother once more, he was probably going to get a lot more of those before the ed of this reunion was to be finished.

@Koga

So Yumi liked honey? That was something that she would keep in mind in case she and Yukiro ever met again. She laughed lightly though at the talk of the food. "I guess he just wants to be sure that it was safe for you, or he just wants everything you eat. I know pets in the real world who do both, it's adorable in a way because it shows just how much that they actually love you." She looked at the little sugar glider though and went to rub it's head lightly. She noticed though that Yukiro was laying down now and she saw a material right next to him so she picked it up gently.

"You mentioned that you like to sing? One of my sisters likes that too. What's your favorite kind to sing?" She thought for a moment, gently stroking the sugar glider's head. "I don't actually have a set genre for that. I don't entirely sing in front of others. Too many people saying I suck and all of that, so I mainly just sing for myself and...Koga, right that's his name here." No, she wasn't about to out her brother's real name on accident, thank goodness she remembered names like that, and it worked. Both of their names were wolf related if someone wanted to actually think on it.

"What about your sister though? What does she like to sing?" This is what small talk was? Getting to slowly know people without actually delving too much? Eh, she just liked to talk to others, it was a downfall and an upside.

@Yukiro

Wow someone who wants to listen to music, to Tala that felt a bit odd the hear, but she was going to be more than happy to oblige really. "For me, music has always had a calming effect and helped me focus. Sadly, I don't know how I might be able to actually incorporate that into SAO, but I want to try since we are stuck here you know. Having that kind of calming thing might help more than just me, and that would be a nice thing to be able to see happen. Maybe then there won't be as many rude people?" She trailed off on that thought before refocusing.

"Yeah, I want to go Katana and my brother is going to help me later. He's too busy right now I guess, I don't know honestly. The most I ever practiced with in real life though were the fake training swords, but I'm certain this would be easy to grasp, or at least I hope. I don't want to be useless you know, sitting in this town for the past however long has already made me go stir crazy." She nodded quickly though, "Okay! I really hope you truly don't mind helping a new person, I mean I do love the help and the company, I just don't want to make you feel like you are just aimlessly walking around, and I'm rambling again aren't I..."

She stopped talking for a moment, only for the conversation of instruments and music to perk her right back up. "I actually played the saxophone in both orchestra and jazz, I do have to say that Jazz was my favorite though. You can put more of your heart ad soul into it than you can orchestra. What about you? Did you play anything? I mean, I only ask because you seem to be so enthused and it makes me feel like you used to be an instrumentalist as well." She noticed that they weren't in the town anymore and this was the moment she started to keep a more detailed look out for any materials for her quest.

@NIGHT

She watched as Yukiro pulled Yumi from his pocket and she smiled still. "Oh, he's just so adorable! I can't believe that you managed to find something so cute and adorable out here!" Her eyes seemed to be trained on the tiny little sugar glider, to where she was momentarily startled when Yukiro took her hand. She was about to pull it away gently, when Yukiro started to put Yumi in her palm. "You can hold him for a while. Just be aware he might run up and down your arms." Right now, she was a-okay with the little critter running up and down her arms.

"Oh! Thank you!" For once, she was speechless. With Yumi in her palm, it made it easier for her to keep an eye out for a material that she needed, but soon enough, she had a sugar glider trying to climb her arm. She chuckled lightly as she watched Yumi, mainly to be sure that he didn't fall off. She also might want to just study the little guy. "Have you found his favorite food yet?" All animals had to have a favorite food, right?

@Yukiro

...no, but I'm still gonna take the gift. So... thanks I guess....

>>takes the gift with a scowl<<

"They yelled at you? Yikes. Sorry to hear about that. I hate thinking about rude players like that." Tala merely shrugged at that. "Eh it happens. I get rude people when I talk to. It's just something that I learned to shrug off because it isn't worth it. I mean, why would I want to start a fight because someone decided that nothing is their fault or that I talk to much." But, she was still a happy person, so that was what mattered, right?

"Oh thank you so much! I can't guarantee you will have a wonderful practice performance, but I will try my best for you! I mean, it has been a while since I've done anything involving music, so I am quite sure that I will be rusty, but it can't be that hard right? Like riding a bike, the muscle memory just kicks in?" One would be able to tell just how happy Tala was with how she was bouncing with her steps as she followed NIGHT.

"I haven't done a lot of fighting yet, but I am willing to do it! I mean, it shouldn't be that hard at all. My brother used to help me a little bit, not a lot, but enough. At least, I hope it is enough..." A short little trail off as she focused a little more on the conversation. "I'm willing to do whichever, fight or scavenge. It shouldn't be that hard to find the needed materials by doing both, right?" She only needed five of them, like the first beginner quest. "Oh I was mainly an alto saxophone player. I liked to try and sing, but people for some reason just tell me to stop attempting. So I mainly just stuck to playing woodwind instruments. The saxophone sounds so pretty when done right too, and it can be in a variety of genres of music." She chuckled lightly as she trailed a few moments behind NIGHT.

@NIGHT

"I will. Thank you." She nodded lightly, "You're welcome." The conversation soon changed to the talk about familiars. She was grateful to see another person with a familiar. She watched where he put his hand and she smiled. It was good to see that people took such good care of their familiars. Yeah, they were AI's but they were still basically pets. That was as close as she was going to get to being able to own any kind of pet right now anyways. She pouted a bit at the rasping sound when it came and she looked at the little head that poked out of the pocket moments later. "Awww, he's so cute!!!!" She smiled once more but her attention was grabbed by something shiny on the ground. Picking up the material, she pocketed it before looking back to Yukiro and his familiar. "What is he?" She was excited to see something so small and so cute at the same time.

@Yukiro

"I'm not hurt." Oh, well that was good. Perhaps it was just Tala who was going to be bruised. But then, she did just run into someone who was in armor, not vanity stuff like her, but actual armor. Still, she looked at the woman and she smiled lightly. "Oh that's good! I would have really felt horrible if I would have accidentally hurt you. I really got to be careful when I turn around like that. I forget that not everyone here is NPCs sometimes and it can turn horrible. I had one person yell at me before as if I did it on purpose. But oh well, that's in the past right!"

She nodded once the question of the profession came up, "Yeah!" She paused for a moment and she laughed lightly. "No one ever does. It's part of what keeps it a true secret for me. But I guess now that I'm choosing this profession that little cat is going to be out of the bag on that one." Another small laugh came from her then and she nodded excitedly once more. "Oh, I would love to be able to perform for others again. It's been too long, like the real world too long. But I'll definitely let you know! In fact, if you want, you can come with me! I mean, I know it's going to be boring for someone who might have already done this or for someone to just tag along for a quest like this in general, but still, I love company and you seem really nice to have around NIGHT!"

One of these days, Tala just randomly inviting someone to do a quest with her was going to get her into trouble, but she didn't think that today was going to be that day.

@NIGHT

"That's still something of a hobby though! Just because you don't take a break from it, doesn't mean it's something to feel bad about really. It just means that you're a kind and helpful person, at least, that's how I like to look at it. I mean, if you break it down, someone who wants to harm others or is miserable, well, they don't exactly like to help others. And if they do, they tend to make it...boring. But for me, I'm having fun! I've met a new person, you've shown me a good place to find some materials, even if I do have my brother's luck. But really, you're just being kind and helpful, and that's nice to see with us being stuck in this game for this long."

Right then, she must have forgotten how to pause and breath properly. She wasn't gasping for breath, but she sure was breathing a little quicker as if to catch her breath back. But still, happy and beaming smile. That seemed to be a trademark for her at this point. "No, it's nothing. Just... nothing." That didn't even make the smile falter. "Okay. I get the feeling that it isn't 'nothing' but, you don't want to talk on it so I'll let it be, for now. But! If you do want to talk on it, or on anything else, you can just message me, or like I said, tell me to shut up!" Tala looked around once more to see if she could find something shiny, but there was nothing. Oh well, perhaps it hadn't spawned back yet.

"Have you gotten yourself a familiar yet? My brother got a wolf and it looks so cool! I can't wait to go and find one for myself really." Of course, she was also told of how torturous that hunt was, as well as training it, but she was still bound and determined to get one anyways.

@Yukiro

Okay, she needed to make more Col if she was going to continue to get herself new gear. Of course, she hasn't gotten any yet, but that is only because she didn't feel like going broke off of buying just a single piece of armor. No, that wasn't going to go well for her at all really. So, she knew what she wanted to do. Of course, there were may professions that she could choose from, but there was one that called out to her. One that made her feel like she was back in the real world being herself. She was herself for the most part right now, but she wasn't singing or doing music like she used to. That is what she was missing with a passion at the moment, well, besides her brother and her friends. But they were a different story. Her brother was a blacksmith and his girlfriend was an artisan. Bah, how in the heck could he find the time to get a darned girlfriend while in this death game?! That was baffling to her.

It was while she walked the town looking for the performer trainer did she hear the singing. She smiled as she followed the sound and soon was being given a quest from Alyssa Singular. She happily took the quest and was about to get started on her way, when she turned and actually ran right into someone. "Oof. I am so sorry!" She quickly looked at the person who she ran into and tried to give her an apologetic smile. "Oh I do hope that you aren't hurt. That wouldn't do at all. Oh no." She spoke quickly as she tried to take a visual look over her to make sure that there was actually no damage done to the other woman.

@NIGHT

"You must have quite the brother." She nodded quickly. She did think that he was quite the brother. In fact, she found it funny to tease him all of the time. "What about you? Do you have siblings that you can reunite with after this infernal game is defeated?" She wanted to think on the bright side that everyone was going to make it out of this. Well, everyone who was left at least. But it was her question on hobbies that seemed to throw him through a loop for a moment. She searched while he thought, finding nothing just yet.

"Erm... I. don't actually... Do... Anything else." She stared at him for a moment before chuckling softly. "Everyone does something silly. I'll even tell you something only my brother knows. I tend to do music. Sing or play the saxophone. Either one really works for me. So I'm certain that there has to be something that you do that is mindless like that!" She smiled, even though she just told him something that she didn't tell many others, she hoped that it would help him feel a bit more comfortable. She had a feeling that that wasn't the case though.

She noticed that he had tried to smile, and she couldn't help but smile lightly. "Okay, I may talk a whole lot, but I can tell when something is up. I know you don't know me and I probably annoy the heck out of you right now, but if you wanna vent or just talk, tell me to shut up and I'll listen." There was that beaming smile of her's again as she offered a hopefully, new friend an ear to listen.

@Yukiro

Perhaps she spoke too much that time? She took a wild guess to say no when Yukiro didn't tell her to stop talking, or to at least breath. "I suppose it's a good trait. Better than not talking at all." She looked at him for a moment before she shook her head. "I think both have their perks and disadvantages. Talking means that people can find you faster if you are trying to hide, but it also means that you have a better chance at getting to know someone. But if you don't talk, then you don't get caught while trying to be sneaky, but it also makes people feel like you may not like them. Honestly, I just think that both are good and bad, it might just depend on the moment that is happening."

Like right then, she probably should have stopped talking, but she didn't. Oh well. Since he wasn't telling her to stop talking, it seemed to her that he was just either trying to get over the fact that she could talk so much, or he was enjoying not being the one doing all of the talking. Of course, there were probably other factors, but that wasn't what crossed her mind at the moment. Instead, she nodded and happily followed him as he walked to a small patch of flowers. Low and behold, he managed to grab a piece of material. She looked around herself, and soon enough something glinted from the ground. "Oh yay!" She quickly grabbed the material and placed it into her inventory, happy as a clam at the moment. 

"But I might still just have my brother's luck really. Bad luck seems to follow us everywhere. Others find it funny, I find it annoying, unless it's happening to him, then it's funny." Just thinking on Masato having to do this quest was hilarious to her. But then, he was a level nine right now, so that means that he has had to have done it already. But the question of with who flared up in her mind, instant jealously crossing her face before she rid herself of those thoughts. Instead, she looked back at Yukiro, trying to hold that same smile. "So! What is it that you tend to do when you aren't being so helpful or killing things?"

@Yukiro

Thankfully, he had stopped walking. But holy darn was he tall. Looking up at him was almost like looking up a mountain. Was he abnormally tall, or was she just short? Either way, she had to rub her neck after a moment to get that stiff feeling to go away. But after her little speech, there was a sigh that came from Yukiro. Uh oh? She has done it again huh? Poked her nose where it didn't belong or bullied her way into something. Well, that was going to be a bad thing if he didn't exactly feel like being on this adventure.

Of course, looking at his level, this wasn't much of an adventure at all. "Yay! I'm so glad! Though please, if I get on your nerves, do feel free to tell me to stop talking. My brother would always tell me that I talk to much and that I have a habit of rambling, but really, I just think it's part of my nature to be a friend to everyone you know. But that is a bad thing too I guess because most people don't want someone around who just talks to much I guess. I don't know. What do you think?"

Pause, "Oh yeah! My name is Tala! It's really nice to meet you!" That beaming smile was still on her face as she happily started to lead them out of the town. "So, I got to get materials. Fetch quests suck, but I guess they are a necessary evil. Though, I wonder, do you know the best way to find these materials? I need five of them, and well, if my luck is anything like my brother's I'm never going to find these things." Walking and talking someone's ear off, two things that she seemed to excel at in the moment.

@Yukiro

She would have kept walking, but something made her stop. She couldn't quite place what it was, until she turned around and noticed the tall person she almost walked into walking by her. Hey! He looks like he needs a friend and someone to travel with. Her thoughts echoed that as she started to move once more, only this time, jogging to catch up to the guy. "Hey there! I was wondering something." She paused for a moment, hoping that he was going to stop as she continued to talk. "Well, I'm stuck doing these beginner quests and you look like you could use some company. Now, I don't want to subject you to the terror of these quests, but I was wondering if you wanted to come with?" Boy could she talk, but she meant well with her words, now it was just a matter of if he thought the same. Of course, she was giving the guy a beaming smile as she pulled up the interface and looked at him. Yeah, he would be able to kill anything that comes at them, that was no problem. Yukiro... She made a mental note to remember that as she shot him a party invitation as well as a friend request. Which was he going to accept, that was the golden question.

@Yukiro

Tala was bored and she was getting tired of just sitting and waiting for this game to be finished. It obviously wasn't going to happen, ever. She wanted to be able to help, so now she was hunting down the NPC named Zakariah. He was supposed to start a series of quests that are meant for level one's like herself. She figured that was going to be the best way to get things rolling for herself. "Where is this darned NPC...how hard can it really be to find him.." That was when she heard the voice and the quest icon popped up. She smiled as she walked over and listened to his speech. Blah, blah, blah, please just stop now... How much can one NPC talk? A lot apparently. Finally, she was able to accept the quest and did just that. She groaned though when she saw the objective and nearly pouted. Still grumbling, she started to walk toward the the wilds, at least, until there was someone very tall in front of her. She gingerly stepped around him and continued on her way out of the town and on the hunt for her needed materials.

@Yukiro

Town of Beginnings, she has been stuck here since she lost her friends in the mass of the game masters announcement all that time ago. But then how long ago was that now? She shrugged at that thought really. Passing by other players and the NPCs, she smiled lightly. She made friends with some, even if they didn't remember her name, or her their's. But a friend was a friend when it came down to it. It was either befriend random people, or be eternally alone and bored. She didn't like the thought of the second one. Of course, she did have her two goals, find her brother and find her actual friends. Neither of which have been happening so far. She stopped in front of one of the shops that she was walking past. The Ring and Sword? She shook her head, but still walked in. She needed a trinket anyways, and perhaps a new weapon if the blacksmith with the artisan had a good one in stock.

Opening the door and walking in, she looked around for a moment. There was only one person in right now, so she looked at him to see if he worked the blacksmith or the artisan shop. But she stopped the moment that she saw him. "Masato..." Wait a moment, another moment. Why does he look so familia- "MASATO!!!!!!!" There it was, as she screamed his name, she was charging for him and launching herself into his arms, hugging him tightly.

@Koga